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The Devils Mouth Originally uploaded by David.BickleChurch Stretton is a 30 minute drive from home and gives access to the Shropshire Hills.At 6.00 a.m this is the view you get and not a sole aroun...
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Saturday, 27 February 2010
0 Quarry Gateway
Quarry GatewayOriginally uploaded by David.BickleThe Quarry Entrance:The war memorial in the distance is where wreaths are places on armistice day.The gateway to the Quarry is at the top of a slight incline where I learned to skateboard when it was still " a new craze" (circa 1970).As a boy I watched crazy Aussie surfers in Newquay Cornwall U.K cut a roller skate in two and nail the two halves to a plank. They rode this down the hill in front of...
Saturday, 27 February 2010
0 Shrewsbury Kings Shropshire Light Infantry - Boer War Memorial
Shrewsbury Kings Shropshire Light Infantry - Boer War MemorialOriginally uploaded by David.BickleThe memorial is located in The Quarry, Shrewsbury and takes the form of the statue of a soldier, with his rifle reveresed, standing on a square pedestal which has both a portrait of Queen Victoria in releive and a carved badge of the regiment; the arms and a wreath are carved above the steps; the memorial has a three stepped base. There are 146 names...
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
1 The Welsh Bridge
The Welsh BridgeOriginally uploaded by David.BickleSome lightroom work on the sky, noise reduction and thats about it really. The Welsh Bridge: The bridge was designed and built by John Tilley and John Carline (whose father was a mason on the English Bridge), who had built Montford Bridge for Thomas Telford. Four of the arches span 43 feet 4 inches, while the fifth and central arch is 46 feet 2 inches. The bridge is 30 feet wide, and built from...
Monday, 1 February 2010
0 Tanners Wine Merchants
Tanners Wine MerchantsOriginally uploaded by David.BickleThis image was taken at dusk close to my home. Tanners Wines are a family owned merchants close to where I live. They stock an amazing range of wines and are very knowledgable about thier trade.The building is old and the brickwork amazing, built on a steep incline, an engineers nightmare, a beautiful nightmar...
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